Synopsis
Welcome to the Legion Academy, a Star Wars Legion podcast. Our podcast is a collaboration between Shawn Morris of the Terrain Studio, as well as Joe DePinto and John Griffin of the Chicagoland 312th Legion. We chat about Legion news, competitive play, tech talk and strategies, as well as community building. Please subscribe and stay tuned for many giveaways!
Episodes
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Episode 44 - New RRG Entries
27/02/2020 Duration: 02h50minJoin us as we pour through all the new RRG entries and discuss some of the more significant changes. These changes will be in effect for all Primes this weekend. Enjoy this extended episode!
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Episode 43 - Tanks for Everything
21/02/2020 Duration: 01h58minJoin us as we talk about the two new clone Wars tanks and Shawn's Kashyyyk build. We also debut our poker chip activation tokens. You can pre-order them at www.legionacademy.net
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Episode 42 - Padme, Cad Bane, Arcs and Commandos
14/02/2020 Duration: 02h19minJoin us as we chat about all the previews that were shown on the FFG stream this week. We also chat about Operative Vader and Luke as they will be legal at the Primes this weekend.
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Episode 41- LVO Recap Part 2 with LJ Pena and Kyle Crosser
12/02/2020 Duration: 01h52minjoin us for our chat with LJ Pena and Kyle Crosser about LVO, the floor rules, future events, lists and more.
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Episode 40 - LVO Recap and Celebration
30/01/2020 Duration: 01h48minJoin us this week as we talk about how much fun we had in Las Vegas at LVO. Shawn managed to finish in the top 8 and Joe's team with Jeff Arney went undefeated in the team tournament. A great time was had by all. We chat about our games, the tables, the prizes, the camaraderie, the famous dice box, costumes, and more.
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Episode 39 - Gamestorm's Prime Championship
21/01/2020 Duration: 01h18minJoin us this week as we recap and give our thoughts on the largest store tournament in the world to date, the Gamestorm Prime Championship. We talk about the list diversity, the tables, and the strengths of a proper 8-9 activation list. We also chat about LVO, our Friday Night Fights stream, and our most recent hobby projects.
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Episode 38 - Birthday Death Star
17/01/2020 Duration: 01h18minJoin us as we celebrate Joe's Birthday by giving the gift he has always wanted, a Death Star. That's right, Shawn built a Death Star in the studio. The Legion Academy is now a physical place! Don't forget to join us on Facebook for our Friday Night Fights stream at 7:30 CST.
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Episode 37 - Dooku Vs Grievous
19/12/2019 Duration: 01h12minJoin us for a recap of our weekly games as we ponder who we like better, Dooku or Grievous. We also show a bunch of new Patreon token prototypes, and discuss more about the 500 point skirmish format for Star Wars Legion. You can now find the video recording of this cast on the Legion Academy YouTube channel as well.
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Episode 36 - Interview With Game Designer Alex Davy
27/11/2019 Duration: 59minJoin us for a very special episode in which we have the privilege of interviewing game designer Alex Davy. We chat with him about the creation of the 500 point skirmish format, and get some juicy details on the future of the format and some upcoming additions to the rules reference guide!
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Episode 35 - R2-D2 and C-3PO
21/11/2019 Duration: 01h20minJoin us for a bonus podcast this week as we talk about the new keywords for R2-D2 and C-3PO as well as some early thoughts on tactics and lists for them.
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Episode 34 - Rex, Dooku and the "Meta"
19/11/2019 Duration: 01h38minJoin us this week as we chat about Captain Rex and Count Dooku's Unit and Command Cards. We also discuss the meaning of the word "Meta" and whether or not it applies to you.
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Episode 33 - Clone Wars Basics Part 2
12/11/2019 Duration: 01h04minJoin us this week for our first ever live stream podcast. We focus on the support units in the Clone Wars Core Set as well as a few of the other keywords. We couldn't be happier with how well the live stream format worked out, but we don't want to stop putting out the audio podcast for those of you who enjoy this format. Thanks for listening!
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Episode 32 - Clone Wars Basics Part 1
06/11/2019 Duration: 01h17minJoin us this week as we invite Jace Pippin to help us get back to basics in our two part series where we talk about new rules and keywords that have come about in the new Clone Wars Core Set. We also talk about some common rules mistakes that we have seen both new and veteran players make.
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Episode 31 - A New B1ginning
31/10/2019 Duration: 01h21minJoin us this week as we chat about all things related to the Clone Wars core set and the new Corps trooper unit expansions.
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Episode 30 - Rallypoints, Core Sets, and Contests
23/10/2019 Duration: 01h06minJoin us this week as we talk about our day at the Gamestorm RPQ including building a Naboo table until 4 am the morning of, our experiences playing with and against CIS, and our announcement of yet another contest!
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Episode 29 - Furball Standing By
08/10/2019 Duration: 01h09minJoin us this week as we talk about the success of the furball list, the FD vs the AT-RT, and some standby shenanigans that Shawn was able to pull off. Shawn also talks about a fun project where he converted a friends wooden dice tower into a much better looking laser turret.
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Episode 28 - Tanks for Everything
02/10/2019 Duration: 01h09minJoin us this week as we talk about the developer AMA, some effective lists we saw this week featuring the FD, Wookies, and the Tank, and a preview of some of our upcoming content.
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Episode 27 - Elevating Your Games
25/09/2019 Duration: 01h14minJoin us this week as we talk about our wins and losses. We also chat with Dave from Imperial Terrain about his very successful Cochin Industrial District Terrain Set Kickstarter campaign. We also discuss interesting ways to incorporate vertical terrain and gameplay, as well as a number of house rules that you can agree to play with your opponent. Some of these include opening and closing doors, incorporating deadly terrain or pieces that grant status effects, and upgrades you can use to get around them.
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Episode 26 - Beating a Dead Tauntaun
17/09/2019 Duration: 01h03minJoin us this week as we talk about countering tauntauns, especially with AT RTs. We also chat generally about some other units and strategies, and we chat about terrain making and more.
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Episode 25 - Points Rebalance and New Lists
09/09/2019 Duration: 01h12minJoin us this week as we talk about the points rebalance and errata. We come up with some of our new favorite lists and some of our predictions for what will be good and bad as the new meta develops.